5 Reasons why The Street Profits are one of the greatest tag teams today

At times when WWE clearly does not put tag team wrestling as one of their key priorities and alternative promotions like AEW, on the contrary, do their best to develop greatest tag divisions possible it is pretty hard for some of the promising teams of the industry’s biggest company to stand out and achieve their deserved recognition.

There is one duo on their roster, however, that managed to defy such state of things and let the pro-wrestling world know about them even before their full-fledged main roster debut.

Today we will talk about “The Street Profits”, looking at some of the reasons why they have deserved those opportunities that they were given and why, in my opinion, they should get even more of them.

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#5 They have turned the audience their way

"The Street Profits" presenting the first edition of "Street Talk"

Ever since their first promo vignettes aired on NXT in the summer of 2017, The Street Profits first fans’ reception was not as smooth and unequivocal as Black and Gold brand’s creative would wish. Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins’ demeanor, their appearance, apparent gimmick and even the name of their team - all of this led the audience to prematurely dub them as “The Cryme Tyme 2.0”.

Their self-presentation was not as polished then as it is right now, which didn’t help The Street Profits capture WWE Universe’s attention immediately as well.

After a couple of showcase matches following their in-ring debut and a barely significant feud with the team of Tino Sabatelli and Riddick Moss, Dawkins and Ford were sadly left on the sidelines of NXT’s formidable tag team division. It must be noted, that in a handful of months since they were first shown on NXT, The Street Profits managed to soften the crowd’s attitude towards them, largely thanks to Montez Ford’s unimaginable level of charisma.

Debut of their little backstage show called “Street Talk” slightly helped the team expose their promo work and build a connection with a portion of the audience - the thing they couldn’t achieve right away when they joined NXT’s tag division.

Despite getting some fans’ recognition and respect, The Street Profits were still almost never taken seriously and were left far from significant programming for almost the whole year of 2018.

Yet nowadays, The Street Profits are an essential part of the NXT Tag Team Title picture, constantly featured on Monday Night RAW and considered as one of the company’s most consistent and reliable draws.

Some may suggest, that it was their great 2019, that turned the situation around for Dawkins and Ford, while I stand on the opinion, that their popularity has almost nothing to do with their this year’s push.

It was their tiny bits of working with the audience, their little “Street Talk” show and all of those small opportunities which The Street Profits have always utilized brilliantly, that turned the fans around on them even back in 2017-2018.

When the Full Sail crowd finally recognized the Profits’ talent and potential, NXT creative had no choice but to take it to notice this. Since then, it was only a matter of time for Dawkins and Ford to thrive in the higher echelon of the tag team division and it just so happened, that the spring of 2019 was a perfect time for writers to pull the trigger on them.

I strongly doubt, that this Street Profits’ push could still occur if they had the same amount of fans’ support that they had in 2017.

#4 Amazing matches

"Profits" during their NXT Tag Team Championship 4-way ladder match

I would be pretty surprised if anyone managed to name me one Street Profits match from this year, that can not be considered as at least ‘good’. Even in their first years in NXT as a team, Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford were able to put a very impressive performance inside the ring.

Now, that their offense is more polished and their tag team chemistry is established better than ever, The Street Profits’ bouts are the NXT fans’ go-to choice of great in-ring action to enjoy and the announcements of their upcoming encounters with almost any opponents usually make most of the good wrestling connoisseurs salivate intensively.

Remembering their brutal clash against The Viking Raiders with the Black and Gold brand’s tag team championships on the line on the May 15th episode of NXT or their jaw-dropping four-way ladder match at the “NXT Takeover XXV” seems like enough to prove my point.

#3 Their in-ring skills

Montez Ford is flying high

Funny enough, this can be considered one of the reasons for my previous point. In our days, when professional wrestling is arguably more athletically and acrobatically advanced than ever before, it is not easy to find unseen before feats of strength, speed or agility in matches anymore.

Yet somehow, both Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford always find something to amuse the viewer when they are in the ring. The obvious things to note here would undoubtedly be Ford’s exceptionally light movement and jumping ability.

His Frog Splash is not widely regarded as a piece of art for nothing - this height is truly matchless. Dawkins, however, does not deserve to be overlooked too. His formidable strength and even imposing speed sometimes make fans drop their jaws just as low.

Add these supernatural at times qualities to their impressive in-ring coherence and work with the audience - you have got the recipe for what is called a “great tag team”!

#2 Unparalleled charisma

"The Street Profits" having fun on RAW

This Street Profits’ quality deserves a couple of articles to be written about it on itself. It was clear since the very beginning of their run - Montez Ford drips charisma.

Since the start of them teaming together, Ford’s inspired mic work and overall self-presentation were those things, that captured every fans’ attention and helped the Profits get to the place they are in right now.

He is even compared to The Rock by some for his promo work at times. This point is not to undermine Angelo Dawkins’ presentation as well.

Although he wasn’t known as a very charismatic wrestler at the start of his tenure, The Curse of Greatness improved his delivery on the mic and demeanor in the ring massively since then.

There is a reason, why Ford and Dawkins were picked to hype the upcoming matches in backstage promos on RAW. Now both of them can be considered some of WWE’s most charismatic talents, which is unmeasurably impressive at this early point in their careers.

#1 They are only at the beginning of their respective careers

"The Street Profits" are in their match against "The Forgotten Sons"

Speaking of which, for wrestlers so talented, Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins are surprisingly young and new to the pro-wrestling business. Being born in the year 1990, as of the moment of writing this article, both members of The Street Profits are only 29 years old.

To imagine, how will they improve upon themselves even further in many more years to come, that they can afford in this industry, will probably put a joyful smile on the face of even the pickiest of fans.

Being already this good both in the ring and on the microphone, it is clearly only the beginning for Dawkins and Ford.

Multiple tag team title reigns, single and even world championship victories, dozens of five-star classics - all of this awaits “The Street Profits” - these rising stars of WWE’s tag team division.